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Heavy snowfalls
hit Greece since early Monday, with blizzards and sub-freezing temperatures all
over the country. Authorities have
warned the public to limit their movements
Heavy snow and ice covered the columns of the Acropolis.
A traffic jam
extending for many kilometers has been
reported on the Attiki Odos motorway at the exit of Pallini, due to the heavy
snowfalls. According to motorists on the
motorway, the situation is desperate and thousands of cars are at a standstill for very many hours.
Meanwhile,
the Fire Brigade has requested the Traffic Police to reduce the flow of
vehicles at the entrance of the Attiki Odos in order to facilitate their
efforts to free the stuck vehicles and the snow and ice from the road.
According to
reports from Greek TV Channels the Fire Brigade warned that the calls to its Emergency
Call Centre will increase in the coming hours and it will need to offer assistance
on several fronts as a deterioration of the weather is expected in the coming
hours.
Water and biscuits
were offered to people in stranded vehicles
and the sick were transferred to the closest hospitals despite the fact that streets and pavements are like skating rinks.
And
something personal, Zena the girl who helps me at home wrang me up and told me
that she could not come for two weeks and my sons Spiros and Yiannis are stuck
and cannot visit me until the snow that has hardened into ice melts, and allows
them to come.
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